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Or 10159
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- Or 10159
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- Prayers and liturgical poems
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 18 folios (iii+18+i)
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- Languages:
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Italian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10159
Prayers and liturgical poems
Contents
A collection of prayers and liturgical poems.
Language(s): Hebrew, Italian
ff. 1r-18rTitle: תפלות ופיוטיםTitle: Tefilot u-fiyuṭimIncipit: תפילת(!) על הפרנסה לללי ר"ה ויה"ךFf. 1r-1v: a prayer for livelihood for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur eves; ff. 2r-3r: baḳashot on the fruits, which are eaten in the night of the first day of the month, with instructions in Italian (written in Latin characters); ff. 4r-5r: order of Shofar blowing; ff. 5r-6r the piyut אל נורא עלילה by Mosheh Ibn Ezra; ff. 6r-18r: poems for Simhat Torah.
Ff. 17v-18r: written in a different, later hand to complement the text.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, traces of unidentified watermark on ff. 1, 2, 5, 7.Extent: 18 folios (iii+18+i)Dimensions (leaf): 107 × 77 mm.Dimensions (written): 78 × 48 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 17 and the back flyleaf are thick because they are constituted of several leaves glued together.
Collation
2 quires: i10, ii10-1. Quire ii includes the back flyleaf.
Catchword on some of the verso sides.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid stains.
Slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 14
Written lines: 13 14
Ff. 1r-17r: uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:A list of articles on back flyleaf (i)v.
Binding
Post-1600, parchment binding. Fragments of inscriptions in Latin cursive script on the covers. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on the spine: 'תפלות 1001'.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions in pencil by Abramo Castelnouvo of Siena: 'questo libro è di Abramo Castelnouvo di Siene(!) 1846' (front flyleaf (i)r); 'questo libro è di Abramo Castelnouvo di Siena' (front flyleaf (ii)r and back flyleaf (i)v).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1001; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; 10 May 1930.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10159 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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